Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | At last the shops opened and like a kid with a tanner , I hunted and sniffed and tasted and tried , imagining what I 'd buy if I had all the money in the world . |
2 | You said you 'd wait till I came to you of my own free will ; let's not prolong the agony any longer . |
3 | ‘ I thought I 'd wait until I made a go of it before I told you . |
4 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
5 | ‘ After all , you 'd survive if I disappeared , would n't you ? |
6 | I do n't know what I 'd do if I smoked as many as them ! |
7 | ‘ I 'ope it 's not damaged permanent , ’ she said , ‘ I do n't know what I 'd do if I 'ad more 'ard luck and found I could n't ever walk again . ’ |
8 | ‘ I keep wondering what he 'd do if I wandered up to the edge of the pit and leaned over and yelled , ‘ Oi , you down there . |
9 | I can hear Victor asking what I 'd do if I started losing the fight ; let them kick me about while all the time I could stop them ; let them find the gun ? |
10 | Back to my schooldays in Bideford , and me wondering whatever I 'd do when I left . |
11 | The last thing I 'd do when I get Mr . |
12 | ‘ Only the big-money stuff I 'd choke if I drank … |
13 | ‘ Do you think she 'd mind if I went on with it ? ’ |
14 | The first one was to the house in Colchester to ask if they 'd mind if I delayed my arrival by one more day . |
15 | ‘ If I were on holiday , Nigel would be the first person I 'd contact when I got back . |
16 | and he 'd , he 'd work until I cooked . |
17 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'd recover if I looked after him . |
18 | ‘ What 'd happen if I told them how you 'd cheated ? ’ |
19 | Well it would be on my terms , there 's no way I 'd go cos I know it 's against the law |
20 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
21 | And I 'd pay before I go ; |
22 | So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each . |
23 | With my luck , Ginny , I 'd lose if I backed the only filly in a one horse race , ’ Mark told her , suddenly conscious of the fact that his speech was beginning to slur . |
24 | By now this was so unusual that Karen did n't even realize I 'd come until I told her . |
25 | I had a letter in return to say she 'd come when I 'd accomplished all I had in mind . |
26 | The children would come in , perhaps their friends are going to the pictures , and sometimes I 'd cry because I know mine ca n't go . |
27 | I 'd cry if I did , so I look down at my feet . |
28 | ‘ I would laugh if I saw pepper coming out of a fishtank . ’ |
29 | Said oh I thought oh Becky would laugh if I told her this . |
30 | ‘ I said from day one that I would stay until I detected a change in attitude from the people in Ireland . |